Bachelor of Medicine in the bag🎓👨⚕️. Gratitudes to Allah for making this happen🙏.The end of this road and the begining of a new one. ALHAMDULILLAH.
Dr. Hashim Umar Usman (Mbbs)
STATEHOUSE STATEMENT
Re: The Matter of Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew and the fictitious Presidential Economic Advisory Council
We are aware of the public interest in the matter of a man called Adeyemi Adeniyi Matthew, who has been parading himself as the director-general of a fictitious Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council cum Presidential Economic Advisory Council.
The office of the Chief of Staff to the President first blew the whistle on the existence of the illegal agency, following complaints from officials of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Council that another government agency appeared to be functioning at cross-purposes with it.
The Chief of Staff, on October 17, 2025, in a letter, asked the DSS and the Police to probe the activities of ‘fraudsters and imposters’ forging appointment letters purportedly from his office.
“The attention of this office has been drawn to the activities of certain individuals and groups engaged in the forgery of official appointment letters purportedly issued from my office. The fake documents, bearing falsified signatures, reference/folio numbers, and seals, have been used to claim leadership appointments to non-existent entities, with particular reference to the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council.
“The aforementioned entity under the leadership of one Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew as Director-General is said to have an office at the Federal Secretariat Complex Phase 111, 2nd Floor. Also, they have been parading themselves as a legitimate government agency, hosting meetings with both foreigners and Nigerian citizens, and even going so far as to request a note verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the United States of America to facilitate visas for some of their staff.
“The above development not only constitutes a serious criminal act but also undermines the integrity of the presidency and the credibility of official government communication.
“I therefore urge you to initiate a thorough investigation to identify and apprehend those involved and also to uncover the network facilitating the forgery,” the Chief of Staff wrote in his petition to the security agencies.
The letter to the security agencies was accompanied by a copy of the forged appointment letter, a copy of the request for a note verbal to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and pictures of engagements obtained from the illegal agency's website.
Around the time the Chief of Staff lodged the complaint with the security agencies, the existence of the fake agency had raised concerns within the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
In a letter on October 15, 2025, the Foreign Affairs Ministry wrote to the office of the National Security Adviser and the Chief of Staff to the President, requesting clarification on the status of Adeyemi’s agency. The letter, which Ambassador Anderson Madubuike signed, followed Adeyemi’s October 10 meeting with ambassadors at the Wells Carlton Hotel and Apartments in Asokoro, without recourse to the ministry.
“This act contravenes extant rules and regulations guiding diplomatic practices globally,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in its letter.
On October 20, the Office of the National Security Adviser wrote to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, on the request of the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
On 29 October, the OSGF wrote to the Chief of Staff requesting clarification. “This has become expedient owing to several requests from governmental and non-governmental bodies seeking to ascertain the status of the appointment under consideration”
Two days earlier, the Chief of Staff sent his own clear rebuttal to the Foreign Affairs Ministry, stating that he had never issued an appointment letter to Adeyemi as director general of the fake presidential foreign investment promotion council. The Chief of Staff could not have issued a letter of appointment to a non-existent agency. Moreover, the Chief of Staff does not make appointments or write letters, as these are the exclusive preserve of the Office of the Secretary of the Government of the Federation.
On November 5, 2025, the Chief of Staff responded to the OSGF, again flatly denying Adeniyi Adeyemi and his spurious agency. “Prince Adeniyi Matthew, director-general of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, is unknown to any office, nor do we have any dealings with the said council.
“My attention was drawn to a letter of this purported application, which is fake, and my office has instructed the police and other relevant security agencies to carry out investigations on the person and the entity he claims to represent”, the chief of staff wrote.
The Police made the first move by responding to the chief of staff's letter dated 17 October and began their investigation. On 27 October, Adeyemi was arrested in Abuja at the Secretariat office where he operated his elaborate scam.
The police searched the office and Adeyemi’s home in Suleja, recovering vital documents and exhibits. In Adeyemi’s statement to the police, he claimed that one Dolapo Babatunde Tanimola assisted him in procuring the fake appointment letter. Following his claim, the police went after the said Tanimola. The Police found that Tanimola died in a fire incident at Kachi Hotel in Abuja on 22 October, five days before Adeyemi’s arrest. Tanimola’s body was seen by the police at the morgue, confirming the death.
The police were able to establish that the agency Adeyemi purportedly headed was fictitious, that he forged his appointment letter and the documents recovered in his office and home, that he falsely paraded himself as a government appointee, and that he falsely solicited a note verbal from the Foreign Affairs Ministry to enable him and his staff to obtain US visas. The police also found that Adeyemi operated 34 bank accounts, with nine opened in the names of his fictitious agencies, known as the FCT Investment Promotion Agency and the Public Private Partnership (FIPA-APP), and the FCT Investment Promotion Act.
The Police found that Adeyemi, using the fake documents he created, fraudulently opened a CBN account by misleading the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation. According to the police, no government money has been transferred into the account.
“The act of the suspect constitutes criminal forgery, impersonation and obtaining by false pretence, thereby bringing the office of the Chief of Staff to the President and the Presidency to disrepute before the public and international community”, the police wrote in the report of the investigation conducted by the assistant commissioner, Kabir Mogaji.
Based on their investigations, the police filed an eight-count charge at the Federal High Court in Abuja against Adeyemi and two of his accomplices on November 27, 2025. He is due in court on July 27.
Adeyemi was on police bail when he recently claimed that the Chief of Staff had appointed him as DG of the fictitious agency. This claim contradicted his statement to the police in November last year. His new claim prompted the Chief of Staff, on June 8, to issue a disclaimer consistent with earlier advisories that the man, called Adeyemi, is an impostor.
The case of Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew is a clear case of a con artist who appears to have built a web of false claims to deceive unsuspecting government officials and the public into playing by his scam book. He has a history of fraudulent misrepresentation. In November 2016, he paraded himself as an ambassador and President-General of the World Youth Organisation (WYO), an affiliate of the United Nations (UN). He claimed to have been elected in New Delhi, India. The local media celebrated him until the UN denied the existence of such a body.
Politicians and members of the public who are weaponising Adeyemi's claim against the Chief of Staff should refrain from swallowing his narrative hook, line and sinker. They are advised to await the trial of Adeyemi and his accomplices, as well as the court's judgement, as comments made today are sub judice.
Bayo Onanuga
Special Adviser to the President,
Information and Strategy,
July 1, 2026
This has truly been one of the most beautiful and unforgettable weeks of my life.💯 My heart is filled with nothing but gratitude and appreciation for the incredible blessing of having such an amazing circle of family, friends, and loved ones around me.
For all of you that stood by me, supported me, prayed for me, showed up, contributed in ways big and small, and made this marital journey so special, I honestly cannot thank you enough.
Every gesture, every message, every prayer, every sacrifice, and every effort will forever remain in my heart❤️🙏🏻
You all made a beautiful moment even more meaningful, and I am deeply grateful to have people like you in my life. Your love and support reminded me of the true value of family and genuine companionship.🙌🏻
May Allah (SWT) in His infinite mercy, reward each and every one of you with the best of rewards, increase you in blessings, happiness, and barakah, and may He continue to unite our hearts in goodness.
From Me & My beautiful wife,
Jazakumullahu Khairan❤️❤️❤️
You have admitted that you did not even listen to the video, yet you have already reached a conclusion that conveniently ignores what the organiser actually said. He expressly described the proposed protest as peaceful and warned that no one should use it as an opportunity to steal, vandalise property or cause chaos.
Your suggestion that he provide a written undertaking accepting responsibility for every unlawful act independently committed by anyone who attends has no basis in law. There is no general principle of Nigerian criminal law that automatically makes the organiser of a lawful protest criminally liable for every offence committed by every person present. Liability must be established against the actual offender, or against anyone shown by evidence to have authorised, encouraged, assisted or participated in the unlawful conduct.
Section 40 of the Constitution guarantees the right to peaceful assembly. In Inspector-General of Police v. All Nigeria Peoples Party, the Court of Appeal affirmed that citizens do not require police permission to exercise that right. Notifying and engaging the police for security and coordination may be prudent, but that is not the same as seeking permission to protest.
The possibility that some people may misbehave is neither a lawful nor a logical basis for suppressing everyone else’s constitutional rights. That would amount to imposing collective guilt before any offence has even been committed. Let me also remind you that it is the responsibility of the security agencies to protect peaceful protesters, maintain public order and arrest anyone who independently commits theft, vandalism or violence.
I also find your “benefit of hindsight” argument entirely unconvincing. The fact that misconduct occurred during a previous demonstration does not mean every future protest should be prohibited. That is equivalent to saying elections should no longer be held because electoral violence occurred during a preceding election. The law deals with offenders; it does not extinguish the rights of innocent citizens because someone else might break the law.
Going forward, as a lawyer who is fully aware of my rights and responsibilities, I will make every effort to join any peaceful protest calling out this madness we call governance in Nigeria. We cannot continue sitting comfortably in our homes simply because the consequences of government failure have not yet reached our own doorsteps.
Nigerians have more than enough reasons to protest peacefully: the incessant killings, abductions and displacement of citizens; the impunity with which these crimes continue; and the apparent indifference of @officialABAT’s government, which repeatedly turns a blind eye while Nigerians are killed and entire communities are terrorised.
We are tired. Peaceful protest is one of the lawful means available to citizens to demand accountability. If the government has failed to protect us, the Constitution still gives us the right to challenge that failure through lawful and peaceful means. We will not continue to sit silently while terrorists kill, abduct and terrorise Nigerians with impunity.
Anyone who uses a protest to commit an offence should be identified and held personally accountable under the law. But the possibility of individual misconduct cannot be used as a pretext to suppress the constitutional rights of everyone else.
Nigeria is breaking its people. Nigeria is exhausting and depressing its citizens. But we will not surrender to silence. We will speak, organise and resist lawfully and peacefully.
From a bold risky DM that read:
“Is there any name you ever thought of that you wanted your future man to call you by? Because now I’m here…”
Then she replied with;
“Oh my fragile heart🥹🥹🤭💕”
To our wedding invitation being set.
Alhamdulillah, Allah truly writes the most beautiful stories in ways we never imagined.🤍
Please accept this as a formal invitation to my wedding Fatiha with @Aishaa_nagogo
I left also, and I also know people in Nigeria who are doing extremely well. Their products and services are moving in high volumes because their customers are wealthy wholesalers or elites with money. Some have received government patronage or are moving in the right circles, so are rolling in it. But some of them also rode on their parents' names or friends to get scholarships or placement into their positions, or a family business that was set up when times were better, or were born or married into money. Many had families who paid for their graduate schools, housing, weddings and more. Many were selectively awarded opportunities due to their relationships. Most were able to access capital in the millions to multiply.
But if you are starting as an ordinary person with no connections and no family name or capital, no special friends in high places, no leg up for housing, employment, contracts, or postgrad courses, and no way to serve a politician or senior civil servant to access contracts and 'seats', then abroad gives you fairer opportunities. Yes, you may start off at the bottom, and you will have to deal with heavy bills yourself instead of family contributing or helping you to stay in a family-owned accommodation. But if you have a good investment strategy, you can build an honest portfolio and retire without ever having to have favours done or "gifts" given by your parents' friends, family members, or the ranks of the political elite. You can unlock more capital through your own savings and equity from your assets, and you can build a team around you within a year of focussed work.
I suppose those from a collectivist culture may find an individualist culture not conducive to peace of mind, and that's fair enough. It's just good to keep things in perspective about whether opportunities are equally accessible to everyone.
Personally, I prefer being a nobody and not being favoured by anyone or accessing things due to relationships. I don't want anyone handing me a huge sum because of what I can do for them outside my usual work. If you want, pay for my legitimate services at the rates I set. If I go the extra mile for you, it's because that's the sort of person I am, not because I want your tips or favours. And I certainly don't want to have to pretend I like you and shower you with false praises just for you to keep favouring me. I don't want to feel pressured to also help my friends and dependents through my position.
Moreover, I don't feel safe with classist and feudal mentalities around me.
@Usouph It's actually unnecessary wallahi but trust the Nigerian mentality.
Amma fa Camp and fun na scam😅😅 maybe its just me but I hated every bit of it.
Atiku once step down for Abiola
He was proposed to be his VP but Abiola picked another person
He Atiku supported him during the presidential elections
Atiku contested against Buhari in APC primary election and lost it to Buhari, he supported him to win
Atiku has paid his price.